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I've got a Toro 48" deck zero turn mower that I'm going to change blades on. The mower is at least nine years old and has 160 hours on it. The first few summers I had 1.5 acres to cut but the last seven years just a half acre. Since I'll be taking the deck off to replace the blades would it...

I have a quart of unopened Fram (Amalie) 0W-30 Full Synthetic that I keep in the car as an emergency top off if needed. It meets the specs for my car SP and GF-6. I did a search but the word 'Fram' returns a million results because of all the filters in use. So I thought it might be fun to get a...

My vehicle is a '23 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited AWD with the 2.5T engine. The oil requirements are 6.13 qts of 0W-30, API SN Plus/SP or GF-6. I've got about 9700 miles on the car. I will be changing oil from here on at approximately 4000 mile intervals. I'm coming up on a change in the next week or...

I haven't paid much attention to filters for a while. Maybe because I have just been buying the OEM oil filters. I've noticed that now days Fram oil filters are many times suggested for use when someone askes about what oil and filter to use. A while back (10 or 15 years, I guess), Fram was the...

I'm doing the prep work for my wife possibly getting another car soon. She currently has a '21 Kia Seltos (which came out mid-year of '20) which she likes. So I was at the Kia dealer to check out the newest Seltos. I wasn't overly impressed with the new one nor the Sportage either. There is a...

I'm looking for a good quality spin on filter that would be good for 15,000 miles. It's for my wife's Kia Seltos with the 1.6 turbo engine. I've been changing oil every 4,000 miles or so by extracting oil with my MityVac. My plan now is to put a good filter on and change it out every other oil...

I currently have a '23 Hyundai Santa Fe with the 2.5 Turbo which I am enjoying. That 2.5T with 311 lb/ft of torque scoots the car along pretty well. The SUV is big enough without being too big and it's comfortable. I like that it's got plenty of buttons instead of everything being controlled be...

I've got a '23 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited that now keeps reminding me of an oil change due in xxx miles or xxx days every time a start the car. It is apparently set for 6,000 mile intervals, probably by the dealer. I just changed the oil myself at 5,900 miles. I went through the entire owners...

I will be selling my Audi S3 soon and am considering one of the car buying services. I got a few online estimates yesterday from Carvana, Carmax, Vroom and ALGO. I had never heard of ALGO before. They made the highest offer yesterday and texted me today upping that offer by $500. They have been...

My recently acquired '23 Santa Fe 2.5T has a double clutch trans. Now don't ask me why an SUV needs a DCT because I don't know. But overall I like the vehicle and the 2.5 turbo. The trans isn't having any problems (at least not yet), but it doesn't act like a DCT should in my opinion. I don't...

Am I the only moron that can't get their grease gun back together? It's a Plews LubriMatic that I've had for 20 or 25 years. It's probably been 10 years since I last changed a tube. I put the new tube in but can't get the pistol grip end to mate up with the tube. Does anyone sell a gun that's...

I received my Santa Fe on March 9 and have about 1300 miles on it now. I'm really liking it and thought I'd post up my thoughts on it so far. I'll start with the negative stuff first: The Limited and Calligraphy (at least in the US) don't come with a spare tire. I bought an aftermarket complete...

I'm pretty sure that I've read on here that aftermarket tires are not held to the same standard as the tires that come with the car. In other words if my new Santa Fe came with Continental XYZ tires and if I want to replace them later on with the same thing, those aftermarket Continental XYZ...

Somewhere around 1981 or 1982 I had a Honda Prelude that I had bought new. I guess a couple years after that I took it to my service guy to get the valves adjusted, I believe. While it was there I had him change the oil. I usually change oil myself, but it was winter and I was already there, so...

A few weeks ago I bought a '23 Hyundai Santa Fe with the 2.5T engine, which I'm really liking so far. The manual calls for 0W-30, ILSAC GF6 and API SP oil. It also shows a drawing of the dipstick indicating the oil level between the 'F' mark and the 'L' mark. When checking the oil level is was...

My wife's '21 Kia Seltos with the 1.6 turbo engine calls for ACEA A5 oil. What I have on hand is four or five 5 quart jugs of oil that meets or exceeds ILSAC GF-5, API SN plus and API SP. These range from RGT to QS Full Synth and Valvoline Extended Protection. I don't know how ACEA A5 compared...

I'm considering the Q5 as my next vehicle purchase. Couple questions: I'm assuming that the engine sits sideways, so does that mean that the Quatro system is basically a Haldex system as opposed to Audi's Quatro system? Or am I wrong? Does the 2022/2023 model with the 261 hp. (2.0T) engine have...

In the last two weeks I noticed at the Rutter's gas station (regional chain here in Pa. that is Top Tier) that the 89 was actually a penny cheaper than the 87. Wondered why. Now today I stop at a different Rutter's to get gas for my S3 for which I usually use 93. The 89 and 93 were both $3.68...

Over Thanksgiving while visiting our daughter, she took us to a used bookstore in downtown Cincinnati that has five floors of used books. They also had some magazines and advertising brochures. I picked up a few R&Ts one of which is January 1986. Back then they always had their Road Test Summary...

Last week I started the thread about considering the Q5, GV70 or possibly the Edge ST as a next vehicle. I've sort of moved on from the Edge. I got to drive the Genesis last week and liked it. Nicely appointed, quiet with decent power from the 2.5 T. In that form it makes 300 hp and 311 torque...